Hair roll



w.` HUPPERT s septi 3, 1946.

HAIR vROLL Filed June 50, 1945 aan ATi'o RN EY Patented Sept. 3, 1946HAIR ROLL William Huppert, New York, N. Y., assigner to DelamereCompany, Inc., a corporation of Dela- Wavre Application June 30, 1945,Serial No. .602,580

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved hair roll for use in dressingwomens hair.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide an adjustable andeasily manipulated device, of novel, simple and inexpensiveconstruction, whereon hair may be rolled and supported in naturallyappearing roll form.

Generally described, the device comprises a roll of fibrous materialenclosed in a netted covering and mounted on an arm of a flexible wireloop, the ends of the fibrous roll and its covering,r being free fromattachment to the wire, and the ends of the wire loop being benda-ble atany point to secure the device in place-in the hair.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side View of the device; and

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View thereof;

The device in the form illustrated comprises a wire loop formed oi alength of iiexible wire, either covered or bare, which is bent toprovide a lower arni I@ and. an upper arm II. A substantiallycylindrical body I2 of soft, elastic fibrous material, such a's battingor the like, is mounted on and surrounds the middle portion of the lowerarm it of the wire loop. The fibrous body is covered or enclosed in an.openwork en Velope i3 of loosely woven or knitted netting or reticulatedthreads.

The device may be made my Wrapping a piece of batting of suitable sizearound the wire and covering the batting with a tube of netting thethreads of the ends of which are tied together and knotted at Id.Another manner of manufacture is first to make and cover the roll ofbatting and then insert the Wire longitudinally through the coveredroll. in either case, the wire is finally bent into elongated loop formand its ends fastened together by a sleeve I5 or otherwise. The ends I6of the loep extend outwardly freni both ends of the roll of batting andare freely bendable at any place along their length. As the bending doesnot occur at any xed point they may be bent repeatedly without breakingor weakening the wire. The batting is preferably cemented to the wireonly along the middle, as at I1, leaving the ends I8 of the roll ofbatting and its covering free from attachment to the Y wire.

In using the device, the ends oi the hair to be dressed are inserted andclamped between the fibrous body I3 and the upper wire arm II, and the,`free ends I8 of the iibrous body may be compressed somewhat to adjustthe length of the roll. The device is rotated axiallyto form the hairinto a roll, and the ends of the wire loop are bent under or over tosecure the device in the hair and to hold the fibrous body in adjustedposition.

Since the fibrous body on which the hair is rolled is soft and elasticit will give the hair roll a natural appearance as distinguished fromthe unnatural appearance of hair rolls supported on tubes of horsehair,wire or other relatively stiff material. Moreover, the roll of battingprovides a cushion on which the hair is dressed so that if desired therolled hair may be pinned thereon.

The present invention, as will be apparent from the foregoingdescription thereof, involves improvements over the type of hair rollshown and described in my Patent 2,146,674 of February 7, 1939.

What I claim is:

1. A hair roll comprising an elongated flexible wire loop, asubstantially cylindrical body of fibrous material covered with nettingmounted on and surrounding the middle portion of an arm of the loop, theends of said covered brous body being free from attachment to the wireloop. and means for anchoring the body to the wire loop intermediate thefree ends of the body.

2 A hair roll comprising a length of wire formed in elongated loop-shapewith the ends of the Wire connected together, a roll of batting mountedon the middle portion of one arm of the wire loop, means for anchoringthe Iroll intermediate its ends to said arm, and an envelope of nettedmaterial encasing the roll of batting, said wire loop having endportions that extend outwardly from the ends of the roll of batting andthat are freely bendable at any point throughout their length.

WILLIAM HUPPERT.

